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Tour historic homes on Mother’s Day

By: Paul Weideman
Published in: May Home, Santa Fe Real Estate Guide
It’s Historic Preservation Month and time for the annual Mother’s Day Historic House Tour presented by the Historic Santa Fe Foundation. Each year, the foundation (which had its 50th birthday last year) ) hosts a tour of significant histo ...

Stewarding in the big park

By: Paul Weideman
Published in: May Home, Santa Fe Real Estate Guide
Railyard Stewards, a grassroots organization in Santa Fe, is busy this spring carrying on the work initiated by the Trust for Public Land in the Railyard Park. “TPL is backing away from the very important role they’ve played over the year ...

Cultivate

By: Paul Weideman
Published in: May Home, Santa Fe Real Estate Guide
THE LOCAL WISDOM ABOUT SPRING PLANTING IN SANTA FE is to wait for May 15, but that’s only true for some plants, such as those with fleshy fruits. “It’s all the things that can’t stand frost or freezes, so tomatoes and peppers ...

Tuscan flavored treasure

By: Paul Weideman
Published in: May Home, Santa Fe Real Estate Guide
The house at 16 Hacienda Rincon is a rather compelling mix of design elements from Tuscany and Santa Fe. There are arched doorways everywhere, inside and outside — where tile roofs and a stone-veneered tower contrast with earth-tone stucco. The ...

Kitchen remodeling is the way to go

By: Paul Weideman
Published in: May Home, Santa Fe Real Estate Guide
We often hear that the years-long slump in new- home construction has been offset, somewhat, by a corresponding rise in remodeling. Is that a fact? “I’m a member of the Santa Fe Area Home Builders Association and a a trustee on the Remode ...

From last month's issue

Many builders, architects feeling the heat

By: Paul Weideman
Published in: April Home, Santa Fe Real Estate Guide
How are you doing? “Not very well. We’re surviving.” That answer from contractor Robert Lockwood, asked about his business, qualifies as a positive these days. In Santa Fe, as in ...

Furniture stores get into cooperation

By: Paul Weideman
Published in: April Home, Santa Fe Real Estate Guide
Two of the most interesting furniture showrooms in Santa Fe, ACC Fine Furnishings and Moss Outdoor, recently initiated a co-venture. They're doing collaborative advertising and each is featuring a sma ...

El Corazon now a Fairmont property

By: Paul Weideman
Published in: April Home, Santa Fe Real Estate Guide
El Corazon de Santa Fe, the fractional-ownership condominium project on Catron Street, is now managed by Fairmont Heritage Place, a division of the Canadian company Fairmont Hotels & Resorts. The ...

'Natural Homes' are developer's goal

By: Paul Weideman
Published in: April Home, Santa Fe Real Estate Guide
“HELPING YOU NAVIGATE THE MAZE OF ‘GREEN’ REAL ESTATE” is the motto of Natural Homes. Realtor and developer (and Occupy activist) Alan Hoffman operates the company as a divisio ...